Artists

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Clark, Kate Freemannotes
Kate Freeman Clark was the daughter of Edward Clark, an attorney in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Cary Freeman Clark, a descendant of the politically prominent Walthall family of Holly Springs. Shortly after her father's death in 1885, she enrolled in the Gardiner Institute, a finishing school for girls. Exploring the art section of the World Columbian...
1875 - 1957Anonymous04/18/2013
Weber, Gottlieb Daniel Paulnotes
Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber (19 January 1823-12 October 1916) was a German artist. He was born in Darmstadt. He studied art in Frankfurt, and in 1848 came to the United States, settling in Philadelphia. In 1858 he went to Darmstadt, where he was appointed court painter. Among those of his works that are owned in the United States are “A Scene in...
1823 - 1916Anonymous07/18/2012
Vail, Eugene Lawrencenotes
Son of a French mother and an American father, Eugene Vail maintained strong ties with both of these countries throughout his life. He was born 29 September 1857 in St. Servan, France and, as a young man, studied both in Paris and New York. Although he showed an early aptitude and enthusiasm for art, his father required that he receive a practical...
1857 - 1934igrkio03/27/2012
Paradise, John Wesley 1809 - 1862igrkio03/27/2012
Peale, Sarah Miriamnotes
Sarah Miriam Peale (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1800 – February 4, 1885, Philadelphia) was an American portrait painter, one of the notable family of artists descended from the miniaturist and still-life painter James Peale, who was her father. She is noted as a portrait painter, mainly of politicians and military figures. Lafayette sat...
1800 - 1885igrkio03/27/2012
Stuart, Gilbertnotes
Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island. Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and never...
1755 - 1828igrkio04/08/2012
Yewell, George Henry 1830 - 1923igrkio03/27/2012
Williams, Virgil Maceynotes
Virgil Macey Williams was born in Dixfield, Maine on October 29, 1830. He was raised in Taunton, Massachusetts and, after studying at Brown University, began his art training in New York City under Daniel Huntington. During 1853-60 he studied in Rome with renowned New York painter William Page and became a close friend of Page after marrying his...
1830 -  1886igrkio05/16/2012
Lydston Jr., William ca. 1813 - 1881igrkio04/25/2012
Tiffany, Louis Comfort 1848 - 1933igrkio07/20/2012
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